Sectional garbage and refuse receptacle



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UNITED STATES 1,692,170 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM GRANT IVES AND MAR-TIN A. IVES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SECTIONAL G.A RBAGE AND REFUSE RECEPTACLE.

Application filed. April 29, 1922. Serial No. 557486.

This invention relates to improvements in knock-clown garbage and refuse receptacles,

heretofore largely consisting of portable sheet metal boxes and cans, provided with either removable or hinged covers, andwhioh, because of their portability, are kept inside of dwelling houses and apartment buildings, and Which, at best, are unsatisfactory and difficult of cleansing of liquids retained therein and matter adhering to the sides and bottom thereof, making their use accordingly objectionable, especially when, for any reason, they are not emptied at least once every da I i he prime object of this invention is a garbage and refuse receptacle, which Is nonportable and unfitted for indoor use, constructed of a material, preferably reinforced concrete, throughout, with the exception of the necessary doors for closing the openings necessary for the introduction and removal of the garbage from the box.

A further object of our invention is a refuse receptacle, the bottom, sides and top of which are separately constructed of reinforced con- 7 crete or cement, adapted to be assembled and secured together to form the receptacle, molded to form openings suitable for 1ntro ducing and removing the contents therefrom.

Another object of this invention is a gar- V bage' receptacle, constructed in standardized sections, for accordingly duplicating as many other such boxes as may be desired, and also as a means for their substitution for any injured corresponding section necessary for. the repair of the used receptacle, and without substantial injury to any of its unin ured sections. t g

A further object of this invention is to have the bottom of such garbage box so formed as to facilitate the removal of garbage in its entirety therefrom. by means of a shovel or flat-tined fork, and that the drainage of the liquid from the garbage will be concentrat-e-d at such a point on the bottom as to facilitate the convenience of the removal of such liquid, and materially reduce to a minimum its liability to freeze. or, when frozen, to injure the box. Y

A still further object is to provide closure attachments which are readily replaceable without injury to the structure.

With these ends in view, our invention finds embodiment in certain features of novelty in the-construction, combination and arrangement of parts, by which the said objects and certain other objects are attained, all as hereinafter fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In said drawings,

Fig. 1 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 1, 1, of- Fig. 2, of a garbage box constructed-in sections, formed of reinforced concrete or cement, in which my invention finds embodiment.

F ig..2 is a top plan view of the garbage box, partly in section and Fig. 3 is a front elevation thereof, partly in section, showin the door closing the opening through which the garbage and other refuse are removed from the box.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in eleva- I t-ion of a constituent element of the structure showing the manner in which the closure attachments are associated therewith.

Similar characters of reference indicate the same parts in the severalfigures of the drawing. 1 a

As shown in the drawings, the garbage box of our invention. consists of a number of sections, a section 4 of which forms the bottom, an inclined top section 5, the rear side of the box, integrally connected with which is an inclined top portion '6, the endsections 7, 7, each of which is formed of one piece, and with a front side 8,-to which is integrally connected another part of the top 9 of the box, the front side 8 terminating at I its lower end in a curved portion 9, thepurposeof which will hereinafter be described. The upper surface of the bottom section i is concave, as indicated by the line 10 in Fig.

- 1, for facilitating the removal of garbage preventing the adhering, and particularly the freezing of the garbage to a substantial portion of the surface of the bottom. In other words, the concavity in the bottom of the box provides aomeans for the expansion outwardly of ice formed therein and renders such expansion negligible in its tendency to exert a force tending to injure and crack the bottom and side walls of the receptacle.

Each of the sections above described is formed and preferably molded from reinforced concrete or cement, and the bottom 4 preferably with an annular recess 13, adjacent its rear edge, which recess extends across both ends of the bottom to respectively form a seat and an abutment for the rear side 5 and both end sections 7 of the box.

The end sections of the receptacle also have molded therein perforations 14, at intervals of their height, located next the inner walls of the front and rear side sections thereof, through which pass rods 15, provided at one end with heads 16 and at the other ends with screwthreads 17, on which work nuts 18. The rods obviously, therefore, aid greatly in supporting the front side 8 and in maintaining the rear side 5 in substantially vertical position.

In short, the rods 15 connect the end sections of the receptacle at such intervals that the tightening of the nuts 18 thereon operates to clamp the end sections tightly against the ends of the side sections, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. V

The two parts 6 and 9 are spaced apart to provide, extending lengthwise of the receptacle, an opening through which to introduce garbage into the receptacle, adapted to be closed by a downwardly inclined door 19 which. is secured by a hinge, the straps 20, 20 of the hinge being riveted to the door and provided with eyes 21, pivoted on a rod 22, surrounded by eyes 23, 28, formed integral with the headed bolts 24, 24, passing through perforations molded in the section 9, thereby being readily removable without injury to the section in the event breakage of the eyes occur.

The curved end 9 of the side section 8 is spaced from the bottom 4 a suflicient distance to provide an opening extending lengthwise of the receptacle for the removal of the garbage contained therein, by any suitable means, preferably by means of a shovel, which opening is closed by a door 25, hinged at one end by a strap 26, riveted thereto, provided with eyes 27, pivoted on a rod 28, pass ing through eye-bolts 29 inthe edges of the ends of the receptacle, either by socketing and cementing the eye bolts, but preferably by imbedding therein, the shanks 29 thereof which are apertured at their ends to receive a pin 30 cast or moulded in the end slabs of the boX.

The door 25 is provided at its opposite end with a latch bolt 31 having a handle 31 for engagement with a notched keeper 32, of standard construction, which latch bolt is provided with a pivot 33, at its other end to facilitate. pivotal movement thereof. The shank 32 of the keeper is also provided with an aperture to receive a pin 33.

In practice, the erforations and recesses for the reception 0 the several eye-bolts and for the loops, are preferably molded in while casting the respective sections of the receptacles, but it would not be a substantial departure from my invention, although perhaps more expensive, to locate the bolts in the molds so as to fasten in the concrete or cement when being molded.

If desired, the meeting edges of the several sections may have their joints cemented when assembling them, but in practice it is found that this need not be, because of the tightness of their joints in their operative position, and that, in the absence of cement, an injured section may be the more easily removed and-a similar section be substitutedtherefor.

In assembling the several sections for the receptacle of our invention, the bottom isfirst located in the position it, is designed to permanently occupy, followed by erecting thereon the remaining sections for completing the receptacle, and then 'hinging the doors 19 and 25 in their operative position. In this connection it is again to be noted that the section 6 and the door 19 occupy partially inclined planes, so that the door closes and is maintained in its closed-position by gravity, and that in supplying garbage to the receptacle when the door is open, the door may operate as a deflecting plate, preventing the garbage from passing beyond the opening. Furthermore, such garbage as in the meantime may comc to a position of rest on the inclined top section 6, is discharged therefrom by gravity, and that any portion of garbage possibly ad hering to this surface is readily scraped therefrom by a shovel or other device. j

The only object in having the bottom 4 projecting to the outer edge of the section 8 and provide a means for locating the garbage box tight up against the wall or fence and so that the end of the discharge opening may be proj ected through and a comparatively small opening made therein for access from outside of such fence; as, for instance, into an alley.

In conclusion, it is to be observed that our invention provides for the construction of a garbage and refuse receptacle, the material, construction and weight of which compel its permanent location, complying with the'sanitary laws for the'health of a community, and from which it is surreptitiously removable, or removable at all, without destruction or serious injury, except whenmade in detachable sections in accordance with our invention and taken apartfor the purposes of its removal from its original location. I

'While it is true that our invention provides for a garbage and refuse receptacle constructed in sections,adapted to be taken apart for its removal from one locality to another, after it has become an obstruction,from buildings or other causes, our invention'broadly includes such a receptacle formed of fewer or a greater numberof sectlons andalso, when curving the latter, as indicated at 19 is to I molded as a whole from reinforced concrete or cement.

Having described our invention, What We claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a garbage receptacle, a plurality of molded sections, certain of said sections having aligned apertures molded therein, and rods passing through said apertures to maintain said sections in assembled position, certain of said sections resting upon said rods to be supported thereby.

WILLIAM GRANT IVES. MARTIN A. IVES. 

